Forbes Riley????

1. it eventually becomes useless once you build the muscles to use it... even for toning, eventually your muscles simply will not develop further due to the lack of resistance

2. if she knew anything about muscle fitness, (which any n00b gym member does) she would know that limited range of motion when developing muscles can lead to serious injury down the road including muscle tearing and impingements.... the only proper way to work out your muscles is to get a full range of motion

3. once you make if from plastic it's perceived quality decreases, thus its price decreases...

4. $30 for 3 rings of metal and some yarn? i could buy adjustable barbells for $30 and use them for far longer than i'd use the spin gym

5. same for $20

6. its a novelty thing that only those prissy "real housewife" type women would buy....

7. IT'S A TOY... or at least it looks like a toy from the get go...

8. and this is what really bothered me about her: she's a pitchman... just like Billy and Sully... she's been in the industry for years... its her job, her profession....... therefore, she should know a thing or two about spotting a product that will have a large market and how price affects sales... i mean billy and sully like it but were skeptical.... and the guy at Telebrands was even more skeptical.... if all 3 of them raised an eyebrow as in skepticism, then surely any other pitchman would have plausibly done the same... its beyond me how she thinks 1. that this would sell and 2. that it would sell for $30...



9. it looks like a toy

10. correction, it looks like some cheap pos thing that was invented solely to sell over QVC or HSN by someone looking to make a quick buck with a gimmick...

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Same here, I couldn't stand her whining over the fact that it was her "baby" when she didn't even invent it. This makes the "Shuffles" lady look 10 times better than her

Indeed. Her baby? Just because she wants something to put her name on? The Shuffles gal was picky and perhaps off the mark but at least it's something she developed personally and wanted to make a go of. Forbes is already a minor celeb who just wants an investment and an ego boost.

If she's such an experienced pitchwoman, then she should've realized right off the bat that this little "toy" of hers wouldn't sell for more than $9.99

That struck me as strange, too. I might expect that kind of price naivete from someone not in the biz but not her.


Overall, I found that whole episode rather disappointing. Forbes came across as a joke and wasn't even anyone I'd want to root for anyway. Maybe if she was Hedy Lamar with her frequency hopping technology trying to sell it and move beyond being "just" a star, I could find that interesting. Instead it's just a story of an unrealistic investor who is NOT an inventor trying to sell a product that I couldn't believe any of these people would pretend was that good.

I honestly don't believe all those people thought the Spin Gym was "great". I had the feeling the whole episode was just fictionalized.

I could probably get the same workout with a huge rubber band

Same??? Much better! As I've pointed out before, you don't get much range of motion with that spin gym. It also admittedly had a "learning curve". Any idiot can use an exercise band. The only advantage is that it has an element of "fun" as opposed to a boring band. But a good workout? Nothing special at all.

Oh, and elastic bands fit in a purse or suitcase, too!




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To even want to put your name to a piece of utter rubbish such as the spin gym you'd have to either be completely ignorant about exercise science or have zero integrity...I'm guessing it's probably both mixed in with huge amount of egotism and a healthy slice of greed.
There was a certain irony to calling it the "spin gym" that made me smile though. heh....spin it certainly is

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